Manufacture of decorative panels



March 29, 1932. T, F ON I 1,850,995

MANUFACTURE OF DECORATIVE PANELS Filed Nov. '7, 1950 T F ljajiun Patented Mar. 29.1932 v i 1,850,995

uNrrEo STATES PATENT OFFICE THOMAS FRANKLIN DALTON, OF FLAT RIVER, MISSOURI MANUFACTURE OF DECORATIVE PANELS Application filed November 7, 1930. Serial No. 494,157.

The object of this invention is to provide the use of a trowel so that it will retain the an inexpensive ornamental sheet which may colored elements in place but will not add be employed for decorating cabinets of vaany very great weight to the article. The rious kinds or which may be formed intoorresult of this process is the production of if namental objects. The invention also has a very highly colored and ornamental slab for its object the production of such a sheet or panel as viewed through the glass slab or panel in an inexpensive manner. The in having an appearance similar to very closely vention is illustrated in the accompanying set mosaic. The pearls possess a variety of drawings and will be hereinafter fully set colors which will show through the glass it; f th d d fi d slab. The article produced by my process so In the annexed drawings: may be applied to door panels and for this Figure 1 is a plan view of a panel conpurpose the frame'in which the glass slab is structed in accordance with my invention, fitted may be the frame of the door panel.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section showing the To complete a door panel, a 'second slab is v panel in the first stage of its development, covered with the'pearls, colored glass and 65 Fig. 3 is a similar view showing a second cement and before the cement is entirely set stage in the development of the panel, and the two cement surfaces are placed together Fig. 4 isa similar section of the completed and then held in firm smooth contact until panel. et by weights placed upon the upper. glass In the practice of-the present invention, I plate. The composition maybeplaced within 7 employ aglass slab I which may be of any a mold 'of some-transparent material and convenient or desired dimensions. Prefe'rawhen it has set within the mold a very ornably, the slab is fitted in a frame 2 and this mental decorative object will be produced frame serves as a gage for determining the which may be utilized as a paper weight or 25 height of the composition layer which is subotherwise. The several ingredients may be 7:,

sequently applied to the glass slab. The glass arranged to represent flowers or other designs slab having been thoroughly cleaned, a coat and an infinite variety of effects may be ob ing of varnish, glue or shellac, which may be tained. clear or contain some color as preferred, is The elements which enter into my compoapplied to the entire surface of the slab and sition are not costly and the process may be so I pieces of broken pearls, indicated at 3, are practiced successfully without involving scattered over the slab so as to be embedded great expense so that a very desirable decora in the varnish and be firmly held by the tive sheet or panel may be produced cheaply. same when it has dried. 'After the broken Having thus described the invention, I pearls have been placed upon the slab so as claim: so to cover the entire surface of the same as A decorative panel comprising a transparclosely as possible, chips of ground pearls ent slab, an adhesive coating covering the enand finely ground colored glass, indicated tire area of one face of the slab, colored H at 4:, are sifted onto the slab so as to fillthe broken pearls scattered over the surface of r spaces between the pearls as completely as the slab to be embedded in the adhesive coatcan be done, and finely comminuted particles ing, ground colored glass and ground pearl of lead may be deposited at random over chips filling the interstices between the the varnish. The slab is then set aside until broken pearls, finely comminuted particles W the varnish has'completely set which generalof leaddisposedupon the coating, and aseally will require but a few hours, and after the ing binder applied over the pearls and the varnish has set I take a thin cement mixture broken pearl chips and colored glass and havand cover the entire area of the slab over the ing a smooth even surface. pearls and crushed pearl chips and colored In testimony whereof I afiix my signature. F, glass, as shown at 5 in FigJ l, the surface of v the cement being made smooth and even by THOMAS FRANKLIN N- [L- -1 W) 

